• South River school tab keeps tax rate stable

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — School officials expect for the second year in a row to have a zero increase in school taxes. “Our goal was to minimize the tax burden during these tough economic times and at the same time to keep providing quality education for our children,” said Board of…

  • Major in Iraq virtually present for b-day party

    Celebrates with his children and classmates in Old Bridge BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Birthdays can be lonely affairs for servicemen and -women far away from their families and friends. JEFF GRANIT staff Anna Orzol talks to her husband, Maj. John Orzol, on a live video call from Iraq during his birthday party last week…

  • E.B. school budget has no tax increase

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer There will be no increase in East Brunswick school taxes in the coming fiscal year. In fact, taxpayers will actually pay less, as debt service related to past construction projects will decrease. The debt service portion of the school tax rate will drop by 4.16 cents, for a reduction of…

  • Monroe board proposes tab with 3.8-cent hike

    School budget calls for more teachers, classroom trailers BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The Monroe Township Board of Education is proposing a 2009-10 budget that would raise taxes $67 on the average home. The budget includes added costs due to the installation of eight new temporary classrooms at Applegarth Middle School, and the equivalent of…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Abby Lewis, 10, weighs a bag of apples at ShopRite of Spotswood on Friday when Appleby School students shopped for a nutritious, balanced three-day menu for a family of four on a budget of $100. The grocery run is part of the ShopRite Young Consumers Program, designed to teach fourth-graders a variety…

  • William E. White

    Mr. White, 86, of East Brunswick, died March 17, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Sophie Krumbine White; a daughter, Lorraine Miller, and her husband, Wayne, of East Brunswick; two sons, William White of East Brunswick and Leslie White, and his companion, Judy Reed, of Old Bridge; and…

  • Albert DeSantis

    Mr. DeSantis, 87, of Sparta, formerly of Old Bridge, died March 10, 2009, in St. Clare’s Hospital, Denville. His wife, Julia DeSantis, died in 1995. Surviving are two sons, Albert, and his wife, Renee, of Randolph and Gary, and his wife, Jaime, of Sparta; a sister, Ida Gawlak of Florida; three grandchildren; and many nieces…

  • Joseph V. Dockiewicz

    Mr. Dockiewicz, 91, of New Brunswick, died March 16, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by three sisters, Helen Roskowski, Ann Prusarczyk and Patronela Suchowiecki, and by two brothers, Paul and John Dockiewicz. Surviving are two sisters, Adele Wrobel of Sayreville and Charlotte Gutkowski of Monroe; and many nieces and…

  • Charles P. Cole

    Mr. Cole, 78, of East Brunswick, died March 10, 2009, in East Brunswick. He was the owner of Pirate’s Den, Sayreville, for several years. A son, Keith Patrick, died in 1958. Surviving are his wife, Ethel Lifgren Cole; three daughters, Karen Lifgren of Veazie, Maine, Kris Cole, and her husband, Gerald Pocock, of Westford, Mass.,…

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